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Michael Hertz, designer of NYC’s iconic subway map, dies at 87
New York City’s Subway map can be a key resource for even the most seasoned New York commuter or a safety net for a tourist on their first trip to […]
Francis Bacon: Books and Painting
The later works of Francis Bacon, from 1971 to 1992, evoke the painter’s new literary influences. “Powerful voices read aloud the French and English texts of Eschyle, Nietzsche, Bataille, Leiris, […]
“Charlotte Perriand: Inventing a New World”
On the twentieth anniversary of the architect’s death, the Foundation pays her a tribute through an exhibit “that addresses the connection between art, architecture, and design”.
2019 SKYHIVE Skyscraper Challenge winners announced
Bee Breeders recently announced the winners of their second annual SKYHIVE Skyscraper Challenge. Taking home 2019’s prizes were Ka Wah Francis Cheung, Federico Fauli, Bryant Lau Liang Cheng, and San […]
Frank Lloyd Wright buildings added to UNESCO World Heritage Sites
Frank Lloyd Wright was one of the most influential American architects of the 20th century. Today there are nearly 450 works recognized by the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation as having […]
A rose in the desert: Qatar’s National Museum, designed by Jean Nouvel
This week, the National Museum of Qatar (NMoQ) in Doha opened to the public. The ambitious architectural project, designed by renowned French architect Jean Nouvel, draws on the Gulf’s twin […]
Make it new! Jan Dibbets and medieval art at the French national library
On a lovely spring afternoon in April 2014, Charlotte Denoël, chief curator of medieval manuscripts at the Bibliothèque nationale de France, the French national library in Paris, invited the Dutch […]
